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Ph.D. Program Guidebook 2007-2008
The paper or research project must be submitted to the Ph.D. Office by the first day of
the autumn quarter. The paper or research project will be evaluated by a committee of
finance faculty members. If it is approved, the student will receive a grant of $5,000
before the end of the autumn quarter.
Note: a student may receive either a Ph.D. Program Grant or a CRSP Award, but not
both.
PH.D. PROGRAM SPECIAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
Under special circumstances, students may receive one of several Ph.D. program endowed
fellowship awards. Generally, these are awarded to students who have applied for and been
awarded 5 th year stipend support, with the exception of some area awards that are used to
support dissertation research costs and some awards for summer paper funding. These
awards include:
The Oscar Mayer 5th Year Stipend: This endowment fund was established by a grant from
the Oscar Mayer Foundation and a personal gift from Oscar G. Mayer, Jr., in memory of his
late father. The purpose of the fund is to support excellent students in their fifth year.
The Brunswick-Davidson Accounting Research Scholarship: This endowment fund was
established with a gift from the Brunswick Foundation in honor of Prof. Sidney Davidson to
support the GSB’s Ph.D. students in accounting. Its purpose is to enable accounting Ph.D.
candidates to obtain materials that would expedite the completion of their dissertations. The
accounting faculty may elect a recipient when they deem there is a student who merits it.
The Hillel J. Einhorn Memorial Scholarship: This endowment fund was established in
honor of the late Mr. Einhorn, who was a GSB faculty member, by his widow, Susan. The
purpose of the fund is to support a student pursuing studies in behavioral decision making.
The Sanford J. Grossman Fellowship in Honor of Arnold Zellner: This endowment fund
was created by U.C. alumnus (Ph.D., Economics, 1975) Sanford J. Grossman for the
following purpose: “The fellowship will be awarded annually to an outstanding Ph.D.
student, and its recipient determined by the Dean and Director of the Ph.D. Program. The
principal and income from the sums I contribute are to be used solely for the purpose of
supporting Ph.D. students at the GSB who are designated publicly as recipients of the
Sanford J. Grossman fellowship in honor of Arnold Zellner.”
The Charles T. Horngren Doctoral Fellowship: This endowment fund was established by
a gift from GSB Ph.D. alumnus in accounting (1955), Charles T. Horngren, professor
emeritus at Stanford University. This fellowship is to be awarded to an accounting Ph.D.
student.
Wesley Pickard Endowed Fellowship: This endowment fund was created by Wesley
Pickard (MBA 1972) to provide fellowships for Ph.D. students.
Katherine Dusak Miller Fellowship in Finance: This endowment fund was established by
a gift from GSB Ph.D. alumnus (1976) William Waters and his wife Phyllis in honor of
Merton Miller’s wife, Katherine Dusak Miller, to provide fellowships to finance students.
The John Leusner Fellowship: This endowment fund was established by the Graduate
School of Business and the Leusner Family to support outstanding GSB Ph.D. students in
finance who are beyond the proposal stage. The fellowship honors the memory of John
Leusner, a Finance Ph.D. student who died in 1996. The Leusner Fellowship recognizes a
finance Ph.D. student whose dissertation proposal exhibits outstanding creative potential. To
qualify for the award, a student must be nominated by his or her dissertation advisor after the
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